Clothes-line holder.



I: 1 IILEI iH LJ e If I E. HUETHER.

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23; ms.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918,

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ERNEST I-IUETHEB, OF YON'KERS, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Application filed February 23, 1918.

i To all whom itmay concern:

Be itknown that I, ERNEST HUETHnn, a,

citizen 'ofthe United States, residing in the city of Y0nkers,county of Vestchester, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Holders, of which the-following is a specification. I

This invention .relates to a clothes line holder of the type which is particularly adapted to be applied to the window casing of a city apartment in which the clothes line extends outward from the window to a pole or Other distant point of support, the function of the holder being to provide an arm which can be folded downward outside the window when the line is not in use, and which can be elevated in the horizontal position when the line is in use to permit the clothes to be applied to the line without requiring that the washwoman should incur the danger of leaning out of the'window to reach the line. 1

The object of the present invention is to improve and simplify the construction of such. devices, as well as to render them less expensive to manufacture, and to adapt them to be reversible so that they can be applied to any position on either side of the window frame.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction as hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a window frame with the improved clothes line holder of the present invention attached thereto, both sashes of the window being in raised or open position and the clothes line holder being elevated into operative position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the holder in inoperative position.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation taken at right angle to the plane of Figs. 1 and 2 and look- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Serial No. 218.859.

ing at the device from the outside of the window.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device before it is attached to the window frame, the supporting arm being shown in raised position and broken away.

Fig. 5 is a top view showing a front and a side elevation of the bracket which holds the supporting, arm in elevated position.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the difi'erent-figures of the drawing.

As indicated in Figs. 3 and 4:,the device of the present invention comprises a plate 1, which is secured in position upon the out side of the window frameQ in any suitable manner such as by means of screws 3. For the purpose of positioning the plate 1- upon the window frame a flange or shoulder 4 is formed on said plate, which flange normally butts against the corner or edge of the window frame. In case it should be desired that the line extend out from the window at an angle other than a right angle to the side of the house, it is possible to use the flange 4: as aspacing device by letting it restagainst the outside of the window frame, thereby spacing the plate 1 outward in an angular position.

The plate 1 at its upper and lower positions, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with oppositely extending arms 56, which form a U shapedrecess 7 in which are journaled pulleys 8. It will be observed that each of the pulleys 8 has on the inner side thereof an open entrance throat by means of which the clothes line 9 can be easily and quickly looped over one of the pulleys and removed therefrom. The arms 5 and 6 serve to cover or close the outer sides of each of the pulleys 8 thereby providing a closed or confined rope channel 10 on the outer side of each pulley.

Extending inward from the plate 1 at a right angle thereto is anear 11, on the inner face of which is pivoted at 12 a supporting bar 13, the extreme opposite end of which is reversibly bent as indicated at 1 1 in Fig. 3 so as to provide a support for a pulley 15 having a closed rope guide formed by the bent end of the supporting bar.

When the bar 13 is in a lowered position as indicated in Fig. 2 it is permitted to butt against a right angular bracket 16 shown hook 18 and the device is ready for use by simply looping down the line 9 into the position shown in Fig. 1. The clothes are applied to the lower reach of the line while in the room and the line is fed out of the window step by step, the operation being reversed in removing the clothes.

After the clothes are dried the bar 13 is removed from the hook 18 and lowered into the position shown in Fig. 2, the lower reach of the line 9 being first looped up over the lower pulley or supporting arm 6 so as to hold the line tight when not in use.

The device of the present invention is strong, simple durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as thoroughly etlicient in operation. The device is reversible so that it can be applied to either side of the window frame with either end of the plate uppermost. In other words, while the bar 13 will usually hang downward when not in use the plate 1 could be turned so that the arm 6 is up and the arm is down, without interfering with the action of the bar 13. Moreover, if in any case it should be desired to use the upper sash of the window for feeding out the clothes the bar 13 could be extended straight upward when not in use instead of downward.

What is claimed as new is: g

1. A. clothes line holder comprising a support having at the center thereof an inwardly extending ear and having at the upper and lower ends thereof two pulleys in vertical alinement with each other and provided with entrance throats directed toward each other and provided with closed rope guides on the sides farthest from each other, and a bar pivoted on said ear and capable of being swung either upwardly or downwardly, whereby said support is reversible, said bar having a pulley at the end thereof provided with a rope guide.

2. A clothes line holder comprising a plate having a spacing flange on the near face thereof and provided with reversibly eX- tending arms forming pulley supports, pul leys journaled between said arms and said plate, and having open entrance throats directed toward each other, and closed rope guides on the opposite sides thereof, a bar pivoted on said plate and capable of being swung either upward or downward with relation thereto, the free end of said bar being reversibly bent to form a pulley support and a clothes rope guide, a pulley journaled in said bent end of said bar and an endless rope extending around said last mentioned pulley and through one of the closed rope guides of the first mentioned pulley and capable of being looped into the open throat of the other of said first menti0ned pulleys.

ERNEST HUETHER.

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